Name: Zuni Carved Toucans Fetish
SKU: Destry Siutza--3277
Availability: InStock

Zuni Carved Toucans Fetish

$225.00

Zuni Carved Toucans Fetish

Toucans courting amid flowers carved from jet with turquoise accents by Destry Siutza. Birds help us gain insight & wisdom. Birds serve as messengers to the gods and help us gain insight and aid in self-awareness.

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Zuni Carved Toucans Fetish by Destry Siutza

Zuni Carved Toucans Fetish This beautiful carving of toucans courting amid flowers carved from jet with turquoise accents is by Zuni artist Destry Siutza. This is an excellent carving by a very talented artist. In order to see all the details I had to overlighten the photo. This piece is absolutely gorgeous in person, the carving is JET BLACK and the details are amazing.

Dimensions:

3 in. tall

SKU

Destry Siutza–3277

Birds serve as messengers to the gods and help us gain insight and aid in self-awareness. This wonderful toucan is in a classic pose.

Fetishes are carved into different animals and supernatural spirits, each a significant symbol to the Zuni people. The animals and spirits depicted through these fetishes were believed to have certain characteristics that could be transferred into the carvings themselves. If you owned a fetish, you would then inherit the respective properties that your fetish represents. However, until the carving is blessed by a Zuni spiritual leader, it remains an intricately carved piece of art.

Some animals have important symbolic characteristics that are relatively consistent; however, the spirit of the fetish can be interpreted in many ways depending on the individual owner’s perspective.